An examination of factors in the withdrawal of managed care plans from the medicare+choice program

Inquiry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 341-354

  Glavin, Mitchell P V ^a   Tompkins, Christopher P ^a   Wallack, Stanley S ^a   Altman, Stuart H ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; LAW; MANAGED CARE; MARKET; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

EID: 0037000189     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_39.4.341     Document Type: Article

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